DOC DIXON CC HEALTH INFORMATION ADMINISTRATOR

Position Title: Health Information Administrator

Job Requisition ID: 59373 Opening Date: 11/02/2026Closing Date: 11/17/2026 11:59 p.m.Agency: Department of CorrectionsClass Title: HEALTH INFORMATION ADMINISTRATOR - 18041 Skill Option: None Bilingual Option: NoneSalary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,556 monthly; Full Range $5,556-$7,819 monthlyJob Type: SalariedCategory: Full TimeNumber of Vacancies: 1Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCMEMerit Comp Code:
Work Hours: See below

8am-4pm Mon-Fri, Sat/Sun off

Anticipated Hybrid Work Schedule Availability: Not available, fully in officeHeadquarter Location: Dixon Correctional Center -2600 N Brinton Ave, Dixon, Illinois, 61021Work County: LeeAgency Contact:

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

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Position Overview

The Dixon Correctional Center is seeking a highly motivated, professional to oversee the overall health information services program for the facility. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and will serve as a working supervisor. In addition, they will participate in complex aspects of abstracting, analyzing and interpreting health information records for summaries, special reports and research projects, provide health information services and program consultation and assistance to medical and clinical staff in evaluating quality of patient care and developing criteria and methods for evaluation and serve as chairperson of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee. If interested in this opportunity, please apply according to the instructions listed on the job posting. We invite all qualified individuals to apply.

Essential Functions

• Manages the overall health information services program for the facility.
• Serves as working supervisor.
• Supervises and participates in the more complex aspects of abstracting, analyzing and interpreting health information records for summaries, special reports and research projects.
• Provides professional health information services program consultation and assistance to medical and clinical staff in evaluating the quality of patient care and developing criteria and methods for such evaluation.
• Serves as chairperson of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge skill and mental development equivalent to four (4) years of college and certification by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA). Requires one (1) year of professional experience in a health information records facility. OR Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to four (4) years of high school, completion of an approved medical records training program plus certification by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Requires five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as an RHIT in management of a medical program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional work experience working in health information management as acquired from hospital practices, departmental code, and rules and regulations of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Health Care Financing Administration, and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional work experience in health information records maintenance.
• Prefers extensive knowledge of medical, anatomical, psychological and psychiatric terminology.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional work experience working with federal and state statutes regarding confidentiality and releases of information.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience working with medical jurisprudence and state laws governing use of health information records in court actions.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional work experience working with a Continuous Quality Improvement Program.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience in abstracting, analyzing and interpreting health information records.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.
• Required to utilize digital technology, tools, platforms, and processes in managing and supporting various digital enhancements for greater efficiency, productivity, and digital transformation efforts within the department.
• Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

This position DOES NOT contain "Specialized Skills" (as that term is used in CBAs).

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